The Gearbox Software Forums announce plans to release an Icons Parody Pack for Duke Nukem Forever this fall, offering four new multiplayer maps (each with a new weapon) and three new multiplayer modes to Gearbox's first-person shooter sequel. This will be released for all platforms, and word is it will be free for First Access Club members who registered their membership before the game launched in their territory. The announcement also has word on a play session on the DLC at 2K's headquarters in Novato, California next week, and details on how to get invited are on the 2K Games Blog. As the name of the new DLC implies, it offers parodies of some other games. Here's word on the new game modes: "Three All-New Modes – Freeze Tag provides some of the most fun team gameplay in Duke Nukem Forever. Players cooperate to freeze and shatter their opponents in succession for huge point streaks and combos. See who can hold on to the babe the longest in Hot Potato and play free-for-all Duke style in Hail to the King." And here's an outline of the new maps:

Call of Duke – Duke engages in modern combat in a war-torn city. Foes don’t stand a chance against the Duke when he spams the map with the N00b T00b.

Sandbox – Players take the role of mini-Duke in a giant sandbox with two bases at either end made out of children’s toys. This map features Sticky Bombs.

Inferno – Time machine engage! Duke does combat in a hellish landscape of lava and teleporters. Who turned on the 16-bit graphics, and more importantly, where did this DFG come from?

2Forts1Bridge – Hats? Duke doesn’t need no stinking hats. Give him a minigun and he’ll beat off all comers.

The only difference being Half-Life 2 came out in 2004 while DNF came out in 2011 and plays and looks like something that came out seven years ago.

I've seen this argument before too. Are you saying that HL2 is no longer a good game? If you enjoyed the lengthy intro sequence, platforming/puzzle sequences and prolongued vehicle segments in HL2, is there any particular reason why you'd hate those things now?

I'll agree that DNF has crappy graphics, though.

They have similarities, sure, but Half-life did it all better 7 years ago. I liked both HL games and was bored out of my skull playing DNF. I didn't even bother to finish it after forcing myself to play through a few hours.

Weird. I found it more interesting than CoD, Homefront, BF:BC2, etc, and was compelled to finish the game in spite of its flaws, which is more than I can say for the games I listed.